Viva
Vauxhall · on record 1994 to 2025
The Vauxhall Viva has been used for 2 very different Vauxhalls, first a major small family car line of the 1960s and 1970s and later a compact city hatchback derived from the Chevrolet Spark. The Viva had a distinct role in the Vauxhall range, giving buyers a reason to choose it beyond the badge alone. As ordinary family use recedes, the Viva survives through a mixture of continued practicality and growing interest in the versions that best represent its period.
DECLINING
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
38,015
licensed vehicles
2025 census
2025 census
97.8% of the peak fleet remains licensed
1,062
declared SORN
total surviving
peak 38,856 in 2019 · −172 vehicles a year, five year trend
Population history
Licensed and SORN vehicles at each census. The filters below apply to the family population, MOT and registration figures. They do not alter the generation history above.
Licensed
SORN
Latest census observation
At the average decline recorded over the latest five years, the licensed fleet would reach zero around 2245.
Illustrative projection only; vehicle populations rarely decline linearly. Late fleets typically flatten as surviving examples enter preservation.
Inside the surviving fleet
AutoCensus parses every DVLA variant description, so the fleet can be read by fuel and specification rather than as one number.
First registrations by year
When surviving examples first joined the British fleet.
New registrations
Vehicles first registered each year. A fleet still being sold shows here; a finished one shows only imports.
MOT reliability
DVSA test results for this family, 2005 to 2025.
Pass rate by year
| Failure reason | Failures | Share of all tests |
|---|---|---|
| Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen | 6,475 | 2.4% |
| Wiper blade defective | 6,077 | 2.3% |
| A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative | 4,014 | 1.5% |
| Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements | 3,277 | 1.2% |
| A tyre seriously damaged | 2,594 | 1.0% |
| Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured but not adversely affecting driver's view | 2,511 | 0.9% |
| A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 2,253 | 0.8% |
| A tyre seriously damaged | 2,027 | 0.8% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.
Where the Viva remains
Based on MOT test locations, 2025. Test location is a proxy: a vehicle is counted where it was last tested, not where it is kept.
| Postcode area | Vehicles tested | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| NE | 1,150 | 87% |
| CF | 1,020 | 81% |
| SA | 980 | 85% |
| B | 932 | 88% |
| S | 854 | 88% |
| BS | 776 | 83% |
| G | 766 | 79% |
| NR | 703 | 86% |
| TS | 701 | 85% |
| EH | 700 | 81% |
| CV | 686 | 87% |
| LS | 658 | 81% |
| NG | 640 | 84% |
| GL | 616 | 83% |
| PE | 613 | 87% |
| RG | 609 | 85% |
| LE | 597 | 87% |
| CH | 577 | 85% |
| NN | 549 | 86% |
| SO | 540 | 83% |
| DN | 528 | 87% |
| BH | 521 | 80% |
| PO | 516 | 83% |
| YO | 507 | 86% |
| L | 465 | 85% |
| M | 465 | 86% |
| PL | 458 | 81% |
| EX | 446 | 85% |
| TN | 444 | 87% |
| OX | 429 | 85% |
| LU | 422 | 89% |
| DE | 416 | 86% |
| NP | 412 | 85% |
| MK | 410 | 87% |
| HU | 406 | 86% |
| CO | 404 | 88% |
| GU | 403 | 82% |
| AB | 398 | 79% |
| CM | 391 | 86% |
| DY | 379 | 87% |
| LL | 375 | 90% |
| KA | 363 | 83% |
| WF | 361 | 86% |
| DA | 359 | 89% |
| SN | 356 | 82% |
| IP | 350 | 87% |
| BN | 346 | 81% |
| BL | 342 | 84% |
| CT | 341 | 84% |
| HP | 341 | 87% |
| KY | 337 | 78% |
| ML | 335 | 79% |
| DL | 319 | 88% |
| WS | 312 | 89% |
| ME | 305 | 88% |
| WV | 296 | 89% |
| PR | 295 | 86% |
| BD | 292 | 86% |
| BA | 291 | 87% |
| WA | 287 | 91% |
| BB | 283 | 89% |
| DH | 279 | 87% |
| OL | 271 | 87% |
| SG | 264 | 90% |
| ST | 264 | 86% |
| SS | 263 | 90% |
| SR | 261 | 81% |
| SK | 259 | 82% |
| DD | 256 | 78% |
| CW | 248 | 84% |
| SY | 244 | 87% |
| RH | 240 | 89% |
| PA | 237 | 77% |
| KT | 226 | 88% |
| WR | 225 | 84% |
| TR | 223 | 86% |
| FK | 221 | 82% |
| LN | 214 | 87% |
| WN | 213 | 85% |
| LA | 196 | 84% |
| CB | 196 | 87% |
| TQ | 194 | 87% |
| TA | 191 | 83% |
| SL | 183 | 91% |
| RM | 166 | 87% |
| FY | 165 | 80% |
| SE | 164 | 87% |
| CR | 163 | 85% |
| TW | 162 | 86% |
| IV | 158 | 80% |
| TD | 157 | 90% |
| AL | 157 | 86% |
| WD | 155 | 81% |
| HD | 154 | 86% |
| UB | 145 | 86% |
| SP | 140 | 82% |
| TF | 134 | 86% |
| EN | 129 | 88% |
| CA | 125 | 89% |
| DT | 125 | 88% |
| HG | 121 | 88% |
| HA | 120 | 82% |
| HR | 117 | 86% |
| SW | 116 | 84% |
| N | 115 | 83% |
| E | 114 | 89% |
| BR | 112 | 88% |
| PH | 94 | 81% |
| NW | 87 | 91% |
| DG | 79 | 84% |
| HX | 77 | 87% |
| SM | 69 | 88% |
| W | 61 | 85% |
| KW | 51 | 80% |
| IG | 48 | 88% |
| LD | 30 | 80% |
| ZE | 18 | 78% |
| HS | 11 | 82% |
How this record was calculated
LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 annual
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025
FAMILY DEFINITIONVAUXHALL VIVA
PROCESSED20 Sep 2026
Full methodology
Population history combines DVLA VEH0120 Q4 census observations through 2013 with the annual VEH0220 census from 2014 onward. Figures before 2014 cover Great Britain only. Historical VEH0120 is used only when its overlapping UK observations reconcile to the current canonical family definition. Vehicles are grouped into this family using the DVLA GenModel together with durable routing rules for known inconsistencies.
Variant figures are parsed from raw DVLA model descriptions and the original string is always retained. Configuration is only assigned where the model description explicitly identifies it; a blank configuration is not treated as a two door Wrangler. Blank transmission fields are shown as manual because DVLA records the field for automatic vehicles.
MOT figures count tests, not vehicles, and geographic figures count each vehicle at its most recent test location. The decline projection is a straight line fitted to the latest five years and is illustrative only.